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verb · B1

Equip

i-KWIP/ɪˈkwɪp/

To equip is to provide tools, skills, or furniture: equip the lab; equip someone with. Equipment is the noun (already in the dictionary, uncountable). Provide and furnish are related. Do not write “equipments”. Grants equip labs with microscopes.

Meaning

To provide the tools, skills, or furniture that are needed.

Examples

  • “The grant will equip the lab with new microscopes.”
  • “Training should equip staff to use the new system, which is the skills sense.”

Good to know

equip someone / a place with. Noun: equipment (uncountable). Related: provide. Not “equipments”. Skills: equip someone to + verb.

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